Shabby Lemmy

That is a ghost pipe. He is not a mushroom but a parasitic plant. Just recently people started losing it over ghost pipe tincture, I have been in the woods all my life and had not heard people doing anything with them.

ComradeSharkfucker - 5mon

Ghost pipe. Its a parasitic plant

Oooh, parasitic to mushrooms. Very cool.

makingStuffForFun @lemmy.ml - 5mon

Why it has teeth I'd imagine.

Maiq - 5mon

The other two posters lead me to look this up as I had never heard of a parasitic plant before. Very interesting.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora

protist - 5mon

What's the 5th one, where your gloved hand is flat on the ground beside it? I have something very similar growing in my yard right now and don't know where to begin to identify it

Tempus Fugit - 5mon

I believe that one is a Russula brevipes. Fun fact about them, if an ascomycete fungus comes into contact with them it parasitizes the Russula and turns it into an choice edible lobster mushroom like this.

https://midwest.social/pictrs/image/e9fe2eae-1472-4bfd-932d-bb884fa7a185.jpeg

That's an incredible factoid. I've only ever had dried lobster mushrooms, and can only imagine how delicious they are fresh.

Drusas - 5mon

Here in the Pacific Northwest, I get a very ample supply of lobster mushrooms every fall. I honestly think they're better dehydrated than fresh. Their texture is kind of woody and their flavor is mild.

Magpie - 5mon

Great photos, love days like these!